Friday, October 21, 2011

Hi Everyone- I apologize for the blog not being updated. With alllllll the new technology Burlington has provided us with- our original blog got lost in transition. Therefore, we will begin to upload stories, information and pictures soon! Thanks for your patience. :) Kerrin Gover & Valerie Doherty

Thursday, March 31, 2011

We got to use the ipads to explore math facts, map skills, spelling, and music today! What a great opportunity for all of us to learn and share what we know. The kids are instant experts! Thanks MSMS for sharing your ipads with us.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Everyone worked very hard researching, writing, typing and presenting their famous Massachusetts person. We really enoyed the costumes, props and presentations. Thank you for all your support with this project. We especially appreciate those of you who took the time to come to our morning presentations. Thank you!

Engineers Galore!

The students have been working in teams to build 3 different structures. These included a house for our MA State dog, the Boston Terrier, a bridge, and a habitat for a selected animal. Some of the problem solving the students were involved in including making structures that could support a dog without using anything but index cards and scissors. Students learned which shapes were the strongest support beams. They also challenged themselves to build working bridges with matchbox cars. Finally their habitats allowed them to combine thier learning and create a variety of homes. Some measured 20inches tall! Great teamwork. We look forward to seeing the projects from home that conclude our study on Engineering. Thanks to the people at the Boston Museum of Science for their ideas and support of this unit.

Stable Stables!

A home for a horse- well done!

Tallest Hotel!

Excellent Engineers!

Engineers!

Team work to build habitats!

Taxation Without Representation!

King Dylan taxing the colonist!

Halloween Happenings

Room 204's Monster Mash!!

Super Students of 204!

WE LOVE THIRD GRADE!

Mrs. Gover & Mrs. Doherty

Weekly Homework

Homework will be written in our agenda books each night. A parent/guardian/sitter's signature is required EVERY night.

Monday- Spelling Workbook and paragraph assigned, due on Thursday.

Tuesday- Math Weekly Challenge assigned, due on Friday.

Wednesday- weekly skill sheet- due on Thursday.

Thursday- study spelling for test on Friday.

Friday- weekend reading- be ready to write on Monday am!

Doherty & Gover kids on the reading rug!

All About Mrs. Doherty

Mrs. Doherty has been teaching at Pine Glen since 1993! She has taught kindergarten, first grade, and third! Mrs. Doherty is the proud mom of 4 wonderful sons, and lives in Burlington.

The Map Lady!!

Grade 3 students had the opportunity to work with our local "Map Lady- Mrs. P." They learned about cartography, keys, scales, and using a ruler. Each student followed multi-step directions to plot out, connect, label and color a map of Burlington. They came out AMAZING!! The students worked efficiently and did a great job completing this project in about an hour. Focused and thoughtful thinkers! We are keeping them up in our hallway for a bit, but you will be impressed when they come home. :)